***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[Samson]

Before dropping the PLL to 1.4v I couldn't get 4.2Ghz stable to save my life. As far as LLC, I keep mine at full and the voltage doesn't move up or down.

CPU PLL : Phase Locked Loop (PLL) relates to a chip that is responsible of regulating the power supply provided to one or more of the CPU cores.
It helps calibrate CPU clocks and voltages.
I have been told that it can be lowered as far down as 1.35v and doing so can help keep your temps lower, thus helping your overclock.
On the other hand, increasing PLL voltage can help stabilize overckloced frequencies form fluctuation during load. However, raising too much can
hurt overclocks and cause instability. Too high can cause chip damage. Best to stay bellow 1.9v. Recommended middle ground: 1.5v.
Mine is set to 1.4v

LoadLine Calibration (LLC) reduces voltage drops (but doesn't eliminate it) keeping the CPU voltage more constant under light and heavy CPU load.
So it is obvious that enabling it would help overclocks. However ! It has been suggested that LLC can allow for dangerous voltage spikes and can (once again)
potentially damage the CPU (especially one running 24/7) lowering or eliminating its overclockability.
Essentially, if you can get your overclock without it, better !


Just my 2 cents worth.

I dont seem to understand why we have BIOS files with smaller numbers? As they make improvements doesn't the number supposed to get larger? i.e 0802>0878 etc etc

Yeh, I was wondering the same thing They seem to be all-over-the-place ?!

thank you for the bios

why 2 new bios same time?
bios 878 will be more recent than the 0002 (date of the file, 878: 8/13, 0002: 8/10), it is also includes "changes" of 0002?

Yes, I have the same question. Does BIOS 878 contain all the improvements of BIOS 0002 and then some ?
Or is it the other way around ? Or not at all ?!